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Solent terminal hits 55,000 boxes

Solent Rail Terminal says it has handled over 55,000 containers since completing a multi-million-pound upgrade six months ago at the Port of Southampton. The newly expanded 18-acre site is linked to the existing intermodal rail site offering laden and empty container handling, storage, maintenance and repair in a single-site boundary. The Maintenance and Repair team onsite has also completed over 8,000 repairs to refrigerated containers and dry vans in this time.  [+]

Green light for Immingham ro ro terminal -updated

Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh has given Associated British Ports development consent for its Immingham Eastern Ro-Ro Terminal. The application is for a new jetty with three berths, hard-standing and terminal buildings with a capacity of up to 660,000 trailers per year. Stena ... [+]

London Gateway expansion is on, after all

DP World has confirmed that it will build a fifth and sixth berth at London Gateway port as part of a £1bn expansion over the next five years. The investment will also include a second rail terminal. It follows a turbulent weekend, during which Dubai-owned DP ... [+]

Nantes e-methanol plant to help shipping turn over a new leaf

Green hydrogen producer Lhyfe and Elyse Energy, a European specialist in the production of low-carbon molecules, are to jointly develop an  e-methanol plant at Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port on the Loire estuary. Nantes lies in the heart of the Green Coast region and has been committed for ... [+]

Insurers publish guide to flexitank success

The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has published a best practice guide for the safe use of flexible tanks with practical guidance to ensure cargoes arrive intact. Flexible tanks – or flexitanks – are polyfilm bladders filled with liquid cargo and then placed into ... [+]

Tilbury wins Lottery grant to bring historic station back to life

The Tilbury on the Thames Trust and the Port of Tilbury have secured nearly  £4.5 million in funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to fully refurbish the Grade II listed Riverside Railway Station and bring it back to life as a vibrant community location. The ... [+]

Gemini plays safe with Cape routing

Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd say that they will launch their new Gemini service in February 2025 based on the longer routing via the Cape of Good Hope. The partners, when they revealed details of the new service in September, said that they were considering alternative services ... [+]

Maersk Alexandra starts shipping giant’s long voyage to zero emissions

AP Moller-Maersk named its fifth large dual-fuel methanol vessel at a ceremony in Felixstowe on 9 October, but putting new tonnage into service is only the start of what promises to be a long and challenging voyage to zero-emission shipping. The Maersk Alexandra, named after a ... [+]

Craner Swift and U-Crane Bolt are quick off the mark

Peel Ports Clydeport has officially unveiled Greenock’s new £25m ship-to-shore cranes at a ceremony to celebrate the biggest-ever investment in the Scottish west coast gateway’s container facilities. The cranes arrived at the port in June this year and have been fully operational since July following testing. ... [+]

US ports strike is off – for now

The International Longshoremen’s Association has suspended its strike that has shut ports on the US East and Gulf coasts since 1 October.The union has agreed to resume working until 15 January during which time it will negotiate a new six-year contract with the US Maritime ... [+]

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